My Thoughts After 15 Hours with a New RPG (No Spoilers)

I jumped in on launch day. The first 3 hours were a bit frustrating, but once the open world opened up, it got much more fun.

Combat leans action-heavy, and the dodge timing is pretty tight. I dropped to Easy mode, which actually made it less stressful and more enjoyable. The story has a long buildup early on, so it'll be divisive, and side quest quality is pretty solid.

The downsides are that the UI is a bit inconvenient and map traversal takes longer than expected. Hopefully patches improve it. Since this is a full release rather than early access, it might be better to just wait and buy it.